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MODERN LANGUAGE 
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FRENCH 

Part I Class-room Parlance - - Page 3 

Part II Pronunciation - - - - / 

Part III Grammar ----- 22 

Part IV Measurement - - - - 28 

Part V Correspondence - - - 44 



A. D. MkCIvACHLAN 

502 boylston Street 

Boston 



OCT 8 1306 
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COPYRIGHT, I906 
BY JOHN BIGEI.OW, JR. 



CLASS-ROOM PARLANCE 

Messieurs, si vous avez trouve dans cette legon 
quelques difficulties que vous n'ayez pas pu 
vaincre, dites-moi, s'il vous plait, en quoi elles 
consistent, afin que je vous les explique. 

Gentlemen, if you have found any difficulties 
in this lesson which you were not able to overcome, 
please let me know what they are, that I may ex- 
plain them to you. 



Allez au tableau noir. 
Go to the blackboard. 



Ecrivez en frangais ce que je vais ecrire sur ce 
tableau-ci en anglais. 

Write in French what I am going to write on this 
board in English. 



Ecrivez, s'il vous plait, en frangais (anglais) ce 
que je vais vous dieter. 

Please write in French {English) what I am 
going to dictate to you. 

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Je vais relire ce que je viens de lire. Suivez- 
moi et corrigez vos exercices aussi bien que vous 
le pouvez sans consulter le texte. 

/ will read again what I have just read. Follow 
me, and correct your exercises as well as you can 
without referring to the text. 

Prenez maintenant chacun la place de Tetu- 
diant h votre droite et corrigez son exercice. 

Now take, each of you, the place of the student on 
your right and correct his exercise. 

Cest assez, messieurs, asseyez-vous, s'il vous 
plait. 

That will do, gentlemen, please take your seats. 



Voulez vous ouvrir vos livres a la page 38? 
Open your books at page 38. 

Je vais lire un peu seul, suivez-moi dans vos 
livres. 

J am going to read a little alone, follow me in 
your books. 

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Lisons tous ensemble k haute voix. 
Let us all read together aloud. 



Avez-vous tous compris ce passage? 
Did you all understand this passage? 



Sinon dites-moi ce que vous n'avez pas com- 
pris. 

If not, tell me what you did not understand. 



Monsieur, je ne comprends pas ce que veut dire 
k la page 30, ligne 10, le mot "entremise" (la 
phrase ''vous avez beau dire"). 

Professor, I do not understand the meaning on 
page 30, line 10, of the word il entremise ,} (the sen- 
tence "vous avez beau dire"). 



Monsieur Jones, voulez vous lire en fran^ais, 
en commengant k la ligne 13? 

Mr. Jones, will you read in French, commencing 
at line 13? 



Monsieur, j'aimerais vous expliquer mon ab- 
sence de la derniere recitation. J'ai ete retenu 
dans le laboratoire de chimie. 

Professor, I should like to explain my absence 
from the last recitation. I was detained in the 
chemical laboratory. 



J'ai assiste k une conference sur P61ectricite. 
/ attended a lecture in electrical engineering. 



Messieurs, il est temps de finir. 
Gentlemen , it is time to stop. 



La prochaine legon comprendra, dans Fran- 
cois, les exercices XVII et XVIII. 

The next lesson will take in "Francois" 
exercises XVII and XVIII. 



La prochaine le$on est sur le tableau noir. 
The next lesson is on the blackboard. 



PART II. 

PRONUNCIATION— EXERCISES IN THE 
PRONUNCIATION OF THE ESSENTIAL 
SOUNDS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. 

first exercise;. 

The first paragraph consists of the alphabet. 
In the second paragraph the vowels are given 
first by themselves, and then preceded by those 
consonants and combination of consonants which 
offer some difficulty to English speaking people. 

The French w, which has two sounds (Tenth 
Exercise), should here be given its more common 
sound, or that of v. This exercise should be 
practised along the horizontal lines, and along the 
vertical lines, or columns. Especial attention 
should be given to the "u" sound. 



1. a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, 
t, u, v, w, x, y, z. 



a 


e 


i 


o 


u y ou oi e e e 


ha 


he 


hi 


ho 


hu 


va 


ve 


vi 


vo 


vu 


wa 


we 


wi 


wo 


wu 


ga 


ge 


gi 


go 


gu 


ja 


je 


ji 


jo 


ju 


cha 


che 


chi 


cho 


chu 


qua 


que 


qui 


quo 


qu 


ra 


re 


ri 


ro 


ru 


ca 


ce 


ci 


CO 


cu 


ea 






QO 


£U 



SECOND EXKRCISB. 

The vowels are used in this exercise as parts of 
words. In some of these they sound as when 
alone ; in others their sound is affected by other 
vowels, by adjacent consonants, by accents, or by 
diaereses. 

There are sounds that are easy to pronounce 
separately, but present considerable difficulty 
when occurring together. One may be able to 
pronounce the u and the ou sounds, each by 
itself, but not the two united, as in the word 
voulu. For this reason special attention should 



be given to the portion of paragraph 6 following 
the word "aout'\ 

In this and the following exercises vertical 
lines | are used as warning signals where changes 
of sound are to be made. The more important 
changes are signalled by double vertical lines ||. 
Room is left at the end of each exercise for the no- 
tation of other words by the student. 

Genders are indicated by articles or the abbrevi- 
ations m. masculine, /. feminine. 

The English is given where it differs from the 
French. 



1. la, the; ta, thy; sa, his; mal, badly; | la 
Saale; un ane, an ass; une ame, a soul; || laid, 
ugly; mais, but; jamais, never; || du mais, maize; 
Sinai, Sinai; || au, to the; le corbeau, the crow; 
des chevaux, horses; | le Maure, the Moor; lc 
Minotaure, the Minotaur; restaure, restore. 



2. tie, not; me; se, one's self; te, thee; le, the; 
| le jeu, the game; les oeufs, the eggs; le noeud, the 
knot; le vceu, the vow; \ un oeuf, an egg; seul, 
alone; leur, /feeir; la veuve, J&e widow. 



3. les, tte; mes, my; et, and; parler, £0 speak; 
mener, to lead; du ble, corn; cher, dear; le sel, 
the salt; le sexe, the sex; la peine, tte pain; la 
vSeine ; la neige, the snow; la terre, the earth; cette, 
^/zi^; nette, clean; tres, i^ry; le pere, the father; 
meme, same; || le poele, the stove; le poelier, 
Jfce stove-maker; 



4. ni, neither; si, i/; fini, ended; | Nimes, 
Nimes; ftmes, did; vive, live; assise, seated. 



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5. le dos, the back; gros, big; le mot, the word; 
le trone, the throne; | bonne, good; folle, mad; 
molle, soft; comme, as; la personne, the person; 
| moi, me; soi, one's self; vois, see; le foie, the 
liver; | noye, drowned; le noyau, the kernel; 
| la boite, the box; boiter, to limp; boiteux, 
lame; la coiffe, the cap; coiffer, to dress the hair; 
le coiffeur, the hair-dresser; \\ Moise, Moses; 
ego'iste, selfish. 



6. du, of the; le mur, the wall; je fume, / smoke; 
futur, future; la suture, the suture; \ luire, to 
shine; la liure, the rope; | le nuage, the cloud; 
au fur et a mesure, in proportion; \\ suer, to 
sweat; tuer, to kill; la sueur, the perspiration; 
le tueur, the killer; \\ louer, to let; nouer, to knot; 
le loueur, the lender; le noueur, the binder; \ j mou, 
soft; fou, mad; aofit, August; \\ sus, upon; sous, 
under; \\ au dessus, above; \ au dessous, below; 
|| sur, on; \ sourd, deaf; \\ pur, pure; pour, for; 
|| surtout, specially; \ pourvu, provided; \\ du 
tout, not at all; voulu, wished. 



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THIRD EXERCISE. 

The nasal sounds are given in paragraph 1 of 
this exercise by themselves, and in paragraphs, 
in combination with other letters, forming words. 
They should be pronounced without any twang. 

There are nasal sounds which, like the sounds 
u and on (Second Exercise), are particularly 
hard to render distinctly one immediately after 
the other. This exercise affords practice in doing 
this. 

The non-nasal sound of am, em, om, on, and en, 
is illustrated in paragraph 3. 

1. an, en in on un oin 

am, em ain om eun 

ean ein 



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2. le ban, the ban; le flanc, the flank; dans, 
in; Jean; mangeant, eating; le vent, the wind; 
le sens, the sense; le serment, the oath; le champ, 
the field; la jambe, the leg; ce temps, this weather; 
le membre, the member; | la fin, the end; malin, sly; 
du pain, bread; le bain, /fee bath; le sein, /fee 
bosom; le frein, /fee bridle; | bon, good; le don, 
/fee gift; le plomb, /fee /ead; allons, let us go; 
| aucun, not any; quelqu'un, somebody; a jeun, 
fasting; || du foin, hay; le coin, /fee corner; le 
point, /fee point; || menti, lied; il monta, fee as- 
cended; | un enfant, a child; \\ le maintien, the 
maintenance; lointain, remote; || mentant, lying; 
| montons, let us ascend; | le menton, the chin; 
montant, ascending; || trempons, let us steep; 
| trompant, deceiving; \\ enfin, finally; singeant, 
aping; en plein, right in the; pin^ant, pinching; \ 
enfantin, childish; un intendant, a steward; 
T embonpoint, stoutness. 



3. la flamme, the flame; la femme, the woman; 
ardemment, ardently; patiemment, patiently; 
comme, as; la personne, the person; \ solennel, 
solemn. 



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FOURTH EXERCISE. 

One may pronounce the several syllables of a 
word perfectly, and yet betray one's unfamil- 
iarity with the word and with the language to 
which it belongs, by misplacing the tonic accent. 
An Englishman or American says: il character ," 
placing the accent on the first syllable ; a French- 
man says : "caract&re, " placing it on the last syll- 
able; a German says: il charakter," placing it on 
the second, or middle syllable. Thus in pro- 
nouncing practically one and the same word, one 
is speaking English, French, or German, according 
to where one places the tonic accent. In French 
the tonic accent is invariably placed on the last 
syllable, words joined by a hyphen being pro- 
nounced in this respect as a single word. 

The tonic accent is ordinarily soft, gentle, often 
hardly perceptible, but it is always there. Let it 
be misplaced by only one syllable, and an ear 
used to the harmony of the French language will 
not fail to hear its false ring. Beginners in this 
exercise may unduly emphasize the last syllable, 
or exaggerate the tonic accent, but this fault will 
correct itself. 



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This exercise consists of three paragraphs. 
The first gives words of two syllables followed 
by words of three or more, formed by additions 
to the original words. The pronunciation of 
these words calls for a continual transference of 
the tonic accent to the last syllable. 

The second paragraph consists of words which 
are spelled the same, or nearly the same, in Eng- 
lish as in French. Great care or proficiency is 
required to avoid putting the emphasis where it 
belongs in English instead of where it belongs in 
French. 

The last paragraph is formed of a few words 
and phrases containing hyphens. 

1. le dessin, the drawing; dessiner, to draw; 
engage, engage; engager, to engage; desengager, 
to disengage; la personne, the person; personnel, 
personal; impersonnel, impersonal; impersonnelle- 
ment, impersonally; avant, before; un avantage, 
an advantage; le desavantage, the disadvantage; 
desavantageux, disadvantageous ; desavanta- 
geusement, dis advantageously. 



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2. la science; le cordon, the string; le cordage, 
the ropes; le bureau, the office; une union; un 
caractere, a character; caracteristique, character- 
istic; du chocolat, chocolate; la carcasse, the car- 
cass; le cardinal; le bataillon, the battalion; la 
discipline, discipline; un institut, an institute; 
une universite, a university; la technologie, tech- 
nology; la culture, culture; la sepulture, the sepul- 
ure; Jules Cesar, Julius Coesar; Napoleon Bona- 
parte, Napoleon Bonaparte. 



3. peut-etre, perhaps; moi-meme, myself; 
viens-tu, art thou coming ; va-t-en, go away. 



FIFTH EXERCISE. 

This is an exercise in the liquid /. 

1. ail eil euil ille ouille uille 

aille eille euille 
ceil 

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2. le bail, the lease; le detail, the detail; cette 
paille, that straw; il tressaille; he thrills; le 
conseil, the advice; la veille, the watch; vieille, 
old; une abeille, a bee; \ le deuil, mourning; un 
accueil, a reception; qu'il veuille, may he be willing ; 
la feuille, the leaf ; ; | la fille, the daughter; la fouille, 
the excavation; mouille, wet; \ une aiguille, a 
needle; juillet, July; un ceil, an eye. 



SIXTH EXERCISE. 

The first paragraph of this exercise is devoted 
especially to the letter r. It is made up of words 
containing that letter, and having the same form, 
or spelled alike, in French and in English. To 
bring out the difference between the English r 
and the French r, each of these words should be 
pronounced first in English and then in French. 

The second and third paragraphs are devoted 
to the terminations re and le respectively. Eng- 
lish-speaking people are prone to pronounce these 
like the English terminations er and le; to sound 
the last syllable in the French words ' 'sabre'' 



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and " sable' ' like the last syllable in the English 
words "saber" and " sable/ ' In the French 
word the e is heard, if at all, after the r or I; the 
sound of the r or / immediately follows that of the 
preceding consonant. 

1. rat, rare, respect, ridicule, robe, rude, 
rupture, lucre, bronze, profit, quadrille, Rome, 
Paris, arc; 

2. battre, to beat; une acre; le fiacre, the cab; 
un arbre, a tree; du marbre, marble; | le cadre, the 
frame; un sabre, a saber; apre, rough; acre, acrid; 

| neutre, neutral; du feutre, felt; || une lettre, 
a letter; une guetre, a gaiter; le negre, the negro; 
Talgebre (f), algebra; le maitre, the master; || une 
vitre, a pane of glass; du cidre, cider; || mordre, 
to bite; propre, clean; || la foudre, lightning; 
coudre, to sew; la poudre, powder; pourpre, purple; 
1 1 le sucre, sugar; le lustre, the chandelier; lugubre, 
lugubrious; une huitre, an oyster; cette encre, that 
ink; le gendre, the son-in-law; | le timbre, the 
postage stamp; peindre, to paint; moindre, less; 
| contre, against; la montre, the watch; le monstre, 
the monster; Montmartre; | croitre, to grow. 



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3. la fable; le sable, the sand; la table; la 
debacle, breaking up; ce peuple, this people; le 
meuble, the piece of furniture; | la regie, the rule; 
le siecle, the century; un aigle, an eagle; faible, 
weak; || la cible, the target; nuisible, hurtful; 
| noble; | double; | multiple; quintuple; le 
muscle; || il semble, it {he) seems; il tremble, he 
trembles; || simple; une epingle, a pin; || au 
comble, at the height; un ongle, a nail; un oncle, 
an uncle; | humble; || miserable, miserable; for- 
midable; inevitable, inevitable; . 

SEVENTH EXERCISE. 

The French have two sounds of gn: one liquid, 
as in the English word singing; one hard, as in 
the English word ignorant. Both are illustrated 
in this exercise. 

l'Espagne, Spain; espagnol, Spanish; baigna, 
bathed; saigna, bled; le seigneur, the lord; signifier, 
to signify; magnifique, splendid; le magnolier, the 
magnolia; Boulogne; un ivrogne, a drunkard; 
ignoble, base; ignorer, to be ignorant of; impregner, 
to impregnate; ignorant; || igne, igneous; stag- 
nant; inexpugnable, impregnable. 

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EIGHTH EXERCISE. 

This exercise is devoted to the pronunciation of 
the French ti, followed by a, o, or e. It never has 
the sh sound of the English ti in such words as 
"attention." 

partial; initial; insatiable; la Dalmatie, Dal- 
matia; la facetie, the jest; la democratic, the 
democracy; Taristocratie, the aristorcacy; cap- 
tieux, captious; f actieux, factious; facetieux, face- 
tious; ambitieux, ambitious; initier, to initiate] 
balbutier, to stammer; partiel, partial; essentiel, 
essential; la fiction; la friction; la faction; la 
fraction; la nation; rational; une association; 
un Bgyptien, an Egyptian; || la tiare, the tiara] 
le centiare ; la partie, the part; la sortie, the exit ; 
septieme, seventh; le maintien, the maintenance] 
le soutien, the support. 

NINTH EXERCISE. 
Words containing h mute and h aspirate, 
une habitude, a habit] un hiver, a winter] un 
hotel, a hotel] j'hesite, / hesitate] | le bonheur, 



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happiness; aujourd'hui, today; exhaler, to exhale; 
inhabile, unskilful; exhausser, to raise; Texhaus- 
sement, the raising; enhardir, to embolden; en- 
harnacher, to harness ; deharnacher, to unharness ; 
la cohorte, the cohort; dehors, outside; envahir, 
to invade; | la haine, hate; les haines, the hatreds; 
je hais, / hate; la halte, the halt; le heros, the hero; 
| le chapeau d'Henri, Henry's hat; la mort de 
Henri IV, the death of Henry the IV. 



TENTH EXERCISE. 

This exercise is devoted to the letter w at the 
beginning of certain words. In the words pre- 
ceding the sign | it is sounded like v. In the words 
following that sign it is sounded as in English. 
The i is sounded as in French (First Exercise). 
The ey in "whiskey" is pronounced like i. The 
h is not sounded. 

le Wurtemberg ; le wagon ; Watteau ; Wagram ; 
| le whig; le whist; le whiskey; Wiclef, Wiclifje; 
Windsor. 

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PART IIL 

GRAMMAR— A FEW GRAMMATICAL AND 
KINDRED TERMS. 



Grammar 

Syntax 

To spell 

Spelling, orthography 

Parsing, analysis 

The parts of speech 

The definite article 

The indefinite article 

The noun 

The common noun 

The proper noun 

The adjective 

The pronoun 

The verb 

The conjugation 

The principal parts 

The adverb 

The preposition 

The conjunction 



La grammaire 

La syntaxe 

Epeler 

L'orthographe (f) 

L' analyse (f) 

Les parties du diseouts 

L' article defini 

L' article indefxiii 

Le substantif 

Le nom commun 

Le nom propre 

L'adjectif 

Le pronom 

Le verbe 

La conjugaison 

Les temps primitifs 

L' ad verbe 

La preposition 

La conjunction 



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The interjection 

The mood 

The tense 

The infinitive 

The present participle 

The past participle 

The indicative 

The imperfect 

The pluperfect 

The past definite 

The past indefinite 

The past anterior 

The future 

The future anterior 

The present conditional 

The past conditional 

The imperative 

The subjunctive 



L'interjection 

Le mode 

Le temps 

L/itifiiiitif 

Le partieipe present 

Le partieipe passe 

L'indicatif 

L'imparfait 

Le plus-que-parfait 

Le passe defini 

Le passe indeiini 

Le passe anterieur 

Le futur simple 

Le futur anterieur 

Le conditionnel present 

Le conditionnel passe 

L'imperatif 

Le subjonctif 



A capital a 
A small a 



Un a majuscule 
Un a minuscule 



The subject 
The direct object 



Le sujet 

Le regime (Fobjet, le 
complement direct 



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The indirect object 


Le r6gime (robjet, le 




complement indirect) 


The acute accent 


/ L/ accent aigu 


The grave accent 


\ L' accent grave 


The circumflex accent 


A L' accent circonflexe 


The cedilla 


q La cedille 


The diaeresis 


• Le trema 


The punctuation marks 


Les marques de ponctua- 




tion 


The comma 


, La virgule 


The semicolon 


; Le point et virgule 


The colon 


: Les deux points 


The period 


Le point 


The interrogation point 


? Le point d'interroga- 




tion 


The exclamation point 


! Le point d'exclama- 




tion 


The notes of suspension 


. . . Les points de suspen- 




sion 


The quotation marks 


" Les guillemets 


The parenthesis 


() La parenth&se 


The brackets 


[] Les crochets 



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The brace j 1/ accolade 

The asterisk * L/asterisque 

The dagger f La croix de renvoi 

The dash — Le tiret 

The hyphen - Le trait d'union 

The apostrophe ' 1/ apostrophe 

In italics En italique 

The sentence La phrase 

The paragraph Le paragraphe 



PARSING. 

Analysons les phrases suivantes: 
Cette grande maison que vous voyez Id fut 
bdtie par un architecte fran$ais. Quoiqu'elle soit 
simple, elle a beaucoup de style. 
Cette Adjectif demonstratif, feminin, 

singulier, determine maison. 
grande Adjectif qualificatif, feminin, singu- 

lier, qualifie maison. 
maison Nom commun, feminin, singulier, 

$u]etde fori bdtie. 
que Pronom relatif, complement direct 

de voyez. 



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vous 



voyez 



la 
fut 



batie 



par 
un 

architecte 

fran^ais 

quoique 



Pronom personnel, 2&me personne, 
pluriel, sujet de voyez. 

Verbe actif, 3&me conjugaison, 2&me 
personne, pluriel, indicatif, pre- 
sent. 

Adverbe, modifie voyez 

Verbe auxiliaire etre, 4&me conju- 
gaison, 3eme personne, singulier, 
passe defini. 

Verbe actif batir, 2&me conjugaison, 
fdminin, singulier, participe 
passe, formant avec fut le passe 
defini du verbe passif etre 
bdti. 

Preposition, lie fut batie a architecte. 

Article indefini, masculin, singulier, 
determine architecte. 

Nom commun, masculin, singulier, 
regime directe de par. 

Adjectif qualificatif, masculin, singu- 
lier, qualifie architecte. 

Conjonction, lie elle soit simple k 
elle a beaucoup de style. 



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elle Pronom personnel, 3£me personne, 

feminin, singulier, sujet de soit, 
represente maison. 

soit Verbe substantif etre, 4eme conju- 

gaison, 3eme personne, singulier, 
subjonctif, present. 

simple Adjectif qualificatif, feminin, singu- 

lier, attribut de elle. 

elle Pronom personnel, feminin, 3eme 

personne, singulier, sujet de 
a, represente maison. 

a Verbe transitif avoir, 3eme personne, 

singulier, indicatif, present. 

beaucoup Adverbe pris substantivement, com- 
plement direct de a. 

de Preposition, lie beaucoup a style. 

style Nom commun, masculin, singulier, 

complement direct de de. 



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PART IV- 

MEASUREMENT — EXPRESSIONS OF 
MEASURE. 

In these tables the quantities given in whole 
numbers are exact. Those given in fractions or 
mixed numbers are in certain cases exact, in others 
more or less close approximations. Other abbre- 
viations than those of the tables are given in the 
Typical Sentences following them. 



GENERAL— NON-METRIC. 



FRENCH 


AMERICAN 


FRENCH 


AMERICAIn 


Un pouce 


1 inch 


Un noeud 


1 knot 


Une toise 


2.1 yards 


Une lieue 


0.9 league 


Une aune 


1.3 " 


Un millier 


0.98 ton 


Un pied 


1.1 feet 


Un picotin 


1 peck 


Un mille 


1.1 miles 







2(3, 4, etc.) chevaux vapeur — 2 (3, 4, etc.) horse- 
power. 



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FRENCH 


AMERICAN 


Un micrometre (u) * 


0.000001 m 


0.000039 inch 


|" millimetre <mm) 


0.001 m 


0.039 


" centimetre (cm) 


0.01 m 


0.39 


" decimetre (dm) 


0.1 m 


3.9 inches 


" metre 


l m 


1.09 yards 


" decametre (dcm) 


10 m 


10.9 " 


" hectometre (hm) 


100 m 


109.0 " 


" kilometre (km) 


1000 m 


.62 mile 


" myriametre (mym) 


10000 m 


6.2 miles 


" megametre (mgm) 


1000000 m 


620.0 " 


*Un micron 






AMERICAN 


FRENCH 




1 line 


2.08 millimetres 


1 barleycorn 


8. 




1 inch {in) 


2.5 centimetres 


1 hand\ 


10.0 




1 foot (ft) 


0.3 metre 




1 yard (yd) 


0.9 




1 link (I) 


0.2 

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1 rod (rd.) 
1 chain (ch.) 
1 mile (mi) 
1 knot 
1 league 



5.03 metres 
20.0 metres 
1.6 kilometres 

1.85 
4.8 



j>l inches 



TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 Make me a box 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 
1 foot 6 inches deep. 

Jaites-moi une boite longue de m , 90 (quatre 
vingt dix centimetres), large de m , 60, et haute 
de m , 45. 

2 This building has a front of 24 feet, a depth 
of 180 feet, and a height of 110 feet. 

Ce batiment a 7 m , 20 (sept metres, vingt centi- 
metres) de largeur, 54 m de prof ondeur et 33 m 
de hauteur. 

3 He walked 12^ miles. 

II a fait 20 kilometres a pied. 

4 The distance from Boston to New York is 
234 miles. 



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La distance entre Boston et New York est de 
374 kilometres. 

5 That steamer makes 15 knots an hour. 
Ce paquebot file 15 noeuds a Pheure. 

6 My horse walks 4 miles an hour, trots 9 miles 
an hour, and gallops 15 miles an hour. 

Mon cheval fait au pas 6 km , 400 (six kilometres, 
quatre cents metres) a Pheure, il fait au trot 
14 km , 400 a Pheure, et il fait au galop 24 km 
a Pheure. 

7 An express train goes at a speed of fifty miles 
an hour. 

Un train express marche a une vitesse de 80 km 
a Pheure. 

8 The speed of this train is not more than 20 
miles an hour. 

La vitesse de ce train ne depasse pas 32 km par 
heure. 

9 My automobile can make 35 miles an hour. 
Mon automobile peut faire 56 km a Pheure 

(marche a 56 km Pheure). 
10 Make me an engine of 800 horse power. 
Construisez-moi une machine de 800 chevaux 
(chevaux vapeur.) 



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AREA. 



FRENCH 



AMERICAN 



Un millimetre carre (mm2) 0.00 1 6 sq. in. 

" centimetre carre (cm2) 0.16 

" decimetre carr6 (dm2) 15.5 sq. ins. 

" metre carre, centiare (m8) 1.2 sq. yards 

" are, decametre carre (dcm2) 119.6 " " 
" hectare, hectometre carr6 (hm2) 2.5 acres 

" kilometre carrd (km2) 0.39 sq. mile 

" myriametre carre (mym2) 38.6 "miles 



AMERICAN 



FRENCH 



square inch (sq. in.) 
foot (sq. ft.) 
yard (sq. yd.) 
rod (sq. rd.) 
chain sq. ch.) 

acre (A) 

square mile (sq. mi.) 



6.5 centimetres carres 
0.09 m&tre carr6 

0.8 " 

25.3 metres carres 

404.7 " 

0.4 hectare 

2.6 kilometres carres 



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TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 The area of this field is 300 acres. 

L/aire (Tetendue, la superficie, la contenance) 
de ce champ est de 120 hectares. 

2 A lot 100 feet square contains 10,000 square 
feet. 

Un lot de 30 metres en carre contient 900 metres 
carres. 



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VOLUME. 



FRENCH 

Un millimetre cube (mm3 > 
" centimetre cube (cm3) 
" decimHrecube (dra3 > 

" m^tre cube (m3 > j 

" centilitre (cl) O^Ol 
" decilitre (dl > l .l 

" litre f I 1 . \ 

" decalitre (dcl > 10 1 

" hectolitre (hl) 100 1 

" kilolitre (kl) 1000 1 
" st^re (st) % 



AMERICAN 

0.00006 cubic inch 

0.06 

0.035 cubic foot 

1.3 cubic yards 

35.3 cubic feet 

0.6 cubic inch 

6.1 cubic inches 

1.06 liq.qts.-(0.9 dry qt) 

0.11 peck 

10.6 quarts 

I. U peck 

2.8 bushels 

26.4 gallons 

264.2 ga/fotw 

0.28 cord 



f 1 decimetre cube J 1 metre cube 

AMERICAN FRENCH 

1 cubic inch (cu. in.) 16.4 centimetres cubes 

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T . . . tMSk f 28.3 decimetres cubes 

1 cubic foot {en. ft.) < noo 

' ■ I 0.028 metre cube 

1 " yard (a*, yd.) 0.8 metre cube 

1 gill (gi.) 1.2 decilitres 

1 pint (pt.) 4.8 decilitres 

1 liquid quart (qt.) 0.9 litre 

1 dry quart (qt.) 1.1 litres 

1 gallon (gal.) 3.79 litres 

1 peck (pk). 8.8 litres 

1 bushel (bu.) 0.35 hectolitre 

1 cord 3.6 steres 



TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 The capacity of that car is 1873 cubic feet. 
La capacite de ce wagon (cette voiture) est de 

52 m3 , 44 (52 metres cubes ,440 decimetres cubes). 

2 The capacity of that store house is 276,477. 
73,312 cubic feet. 

La capacite de ce magasin est de 7832 m3 , 2304 
(7 decametres cubes, 832 metres cubes, 230 deci- 
metres cubes, 400 centimetres cubes; 7832 metres 
cubes, 230400 centimetres cubes). 



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3 V n contains W m ; l qm contains 100^ w ; 
l cbm contains 1000 cdm . 

l m contient 10 dm ; l m2 contient 100 dm2 ; l m3 
contient 1000 dm \ 

4 A decimetre (or decimeter) is the tenth part of 
a metre (or meter); a square decimetre is the hun- 
dredth part of a square metre; a cubic decimetre is 
the thousandth part of a cubic metre. 

Un decimetre est la dixi&tne partie d'un m&tre; 
un decimetre carre est la centime partie d'un 
m&tre carre; un decimetre cube est la millifeme 
partie d'un metre cube. 

5 Send me three quarts of milk a day. 
Envoyez-moi 3 1 , 3 (3 litres, 3 decilitres) de lait 

par jour. 



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WEIGHT. 



FRENCH 

Un milligramme O ff .001 
11 centigramme O ff .01 
" decigramme & .l 



gramme 



I s 



" decagramme 10 g 
11 hectogramme 100 ff 

kilogramme 1000 g f 

" myriagramme 10000 g 

f Weight of 1 



AMERICAN 

0.02 grain 
0.15 " 
1.5 grains 

il5.4 u Avoirdupois 
0.04 ounce 
0.32 " Troy 
154.3 grains 
1,543.2 grains Avoir d. 
0.27 pounds Troy 
2.2 " Avoirdupois 
2.68 " Troy 
22. u Avoirdupois 
26.8 " Troy 
litre of water. 



AMERICAN 



FRENCH 



1 grain (gr.) 0.06 gramme 

1 pennyweight (dwt.) 1.56 grammes 
1 ounce (oz) Avoirdupois (28.4 grammes 
1 ounce Troy (31.1 grammes 



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1 pound (lb.) Avoirdupois f 0.45 kilogramme 

1 pound Troy (0.37 

1 hundredweight (cwt) % 4.54 kilogrammes 

1 long h'd'w't (long cwt)* 50.8 

1 ton (t) t 907.2 

1 long ton (long t) ° 1000 

J 100 pounds. *112 pounds. t2,000 pounds. 
° 2,240 pounds. 



TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 I eat 3 pounds of food a day. 

Je consomme 1,5 kilogramme d'aliments par 
jour. 

2 My trunk weighs 131 pounds. 

Ma mallepese 65 kg , 5 (65 kilogrammes, 5 hecto- 
grammes). 



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MONEY. 

FRENCH AMERICAN AMERICAN FRENCH 



Un centime 0.2 cents 


1 dollar 


5 francs 


" sou 1 cent 


1 cent 


1 sou 


" franc 20 cents 


1 " 


5 centimes 



TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 He invested $15,000 dollars in government 
bonds. 

II a place une somme de 75000 frs . (75000 fr,) en 
rente sur l'Etat. 

2 They say that the late Marshall Field was 
worth from one hundred to two hundred million 
dollars. 

On dit que feu Marshall Field a laissd une fortune 
de 500 k 1000 millions de francs. 

3 Our dinner cost us $3.47. 

Notre diner nous a cotite 17 fr , 35 (17 francs 
35 centimes; 17.35 francs; 17 francs 7 sous). 



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4 His hotel bill was seventeen dollars and 
sixty-two cents. 

Sa note a l'hotel etait de 88 frs , 10. 

5 This tea costs $0.50 a pound. 
Ce the coute 5 fr. le kilogr. 

6 / have received an invoice of $11.50. 

J'ai regu tine facture de fr. 57.50 (fr. 57.50c; 
57 fr. 50 cent). 

7 We forward you herewith $1221.60. 

Notts vous remettons sous ce pli frs. 6,108 (six 
mille, cent liuit francs). 

8 / forward you herewith $827.40. 
Je vous remets ci-inclus Fr. 4,137.20. 

9 Send him a draft of $4,000.00. 
Envoyez-lui une traite de Frs. 20,000 (vingt 

mille francs). 

10 He owes me $1.15. 

II me doit f.5.75 (5 francs 75). 

11 / have paid him 90 cents. 
Je lui ai paye F. 4.50. 



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Formulas for converting a ther- 
mometer reading Centigrade into a 
thermometer reading Fahrenheit, and 
the converse. 

^ C represents the number of degrees 
Centigrade, and F the number of de- 
grees Fahrenheit. 

CENTIGRADE TO FAHRENHEIT. 

o. The reading Centigrade being above : 
9 
C x — + 32= F 
5 
b. The reading Centigrade being below : 
9 
— C x — —32 = F 
5 

FAHRENHEIT TO CENTIGRADE. 

a. The reading Fahrenheit being above 32° : 

5 
(F— 32) x — = C 
9 
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b. The reading Fahrenheit being below 32° : 

5 
— (F + 32) x — = C 

9 



TYPICAL SENTENCES. 

1 The temperature of that room is 68° Fahrenheit. 
La temperature de cette chambre est de 20° C 

(vingt degres Centigrade). 

2 This patient has a temperature of 103° 
Fahrenheit. 

Ce malade a une temperature de 39°, 4 C (39 
degres, 4 dixi&mes Centigrade). 



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MATHEMATICAL PHRASES AND EX- 
PRESSIONS. 

2X3 + 7 — 1= 12 — Deux fois trois plus 
sept moins un egale douze. 

a x — a un, or a indice un. 

a 2 — a deux, or a indice deux. 

a' — a prime. 

a", a'", a' v , a v/ , £/c. — a seconde, a tierce, a quarte, 
a sixte, e/c. 

a 'i — a prime un. or a prime indice un. 

a 2 — a carre, or a au carre, or a deux, or a 
exposant deux. 

a 3 — a cube, or a au cube, or a trois, or a ex- 
posant trois. 

a 6 — a six, or a exposant six, or a sixi&me 
puissance, or a a la sixieme puissance. 



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PART V. 

CORRESPONDENCE. 

INVITATION A UNE SOIREE MUSICALE. 

Paris. 
Cher Monsieur, 

Nous aurons mardi prochain une soiree 
musicale; nous serons tr£s-flattes de vous pos- 
s£der et d'y mettre vos talents k contribution. 
Ne trompez pas notre espoir. 
Votre devout, 

JEAN d'AUMONT. 
Vendredi soir. 

INVITATION TO A MUSICALE. 

Paris. 
Dear Sir: 

On Tuesday next we are to have a musicale; 
we shall feel extremely flattered if you will be kind 
enough to attend and contribute with your talent to 
our entertainment. Do not disappoint us! 
Yours very cordially y 

JEAN d'AUMONT 
Friday evening. 



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REPONSE. 

Paris. 
Monsieur, 

Le plaisir de passer une soiree dans la char- 
mante societe que je trouve toujours chez vous, 
m' engage a accepter votre obligeante invitation, 
et si je puis, d'une mani&re quelconque, me rendre 
utile, vous n'avez qu'a me commander. 
Votre affectionne, 

ANDR£ LESAGE. 
Samedi matin. 

ANSWER. 

Paris. 
Sir: 

. The pleasure of passing an evening in the de- 
lightful society I always meet at your house prompts 
me to accept your kind invitation, and if I can in 
any way be of assistance to you y you have only to 
command me. 

Yours very truly, 

ANDRE LESAGE. 
Saturday morning. 



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A UNE PERSONNE, SUR LA PERTE DE 
SA SCBUR. 

J'ai appris avec une veritable douleur, 
Monsieur, la perte que vous avez faite de Ma- 
demoiselle votre sceur. Jem'en afflige avec vous, 
car j'avais l'honneur de la cotmaitre. 

Je me contenterai d'ajouter qu'il ne peut 
rien vous arriver sans que je m'y interesse ex- 
tremement. 

ALPHONSE DUVAL. 
Lundi soir. 

TO A PERSON WHO HAS LOST HIS SISTER. 

My dear Sir: 

I hear with real sorrow of the loss you have 

sustained in the death of your sister. I sympathize 

with you deeply, for I had the honor of knowing her. 

May I add that nothing can happen to you that 

will not interest me deeply. 

Very cordially yours, 

ALPHONSE DUVAL. 
Monday evening. 



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DEMANDE DE BILLETS POUR VISITER 

LES MUSEES ET AUTRES ETABLISSE- 

MENTS 

Paris, le 5 juilletl897. 
A Monsieur le Ministre de l'lnterieur. 
Monsieur le Ministre. 

Me trouvant & Paris pour un nombre limite 
de jours, je desirerais en profiter pour visiter les 
musees, galeries, manufactures et autres etablisse- 
ments de l'Etat. 

Je viens done prier Votre Excellence d' auto- 
riser M. le chef de son cabinet a m'envoyer quel- 
ques entrees pour ces etablissements. 
J'ai Thonneur d'etre avec respect, 
De Votre Excellence, 
Le tres-humble et tres-obeissant serviteur, 
MITRAUD TERRIER. 

REQUEST FOR TICKETS TO VISIT 

THE MUSEUMS AND OTHER 

INSTITUTIONS. 

Paris, July 5, 1897. 
The Honorable the Secretary of the Interior. 
Dear Sir: 

Finding myself in Paris for a limited number 

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of days, I should like to make the most of this time 
by visiting the museums, galleries, factories, and 
other institutions of the municipality. 

I beg your Excellency to authorize your private 
secretary to send me a few admission tickets to these 
institutions. 

Very respectfully yours, 

MITRAUD TERRIER. 

LETTRE A UN JEUNE HOMME QUI VIENT 
DE REUSSIR DANS SES EXAMENS. 

Paris, le 6 juillet 1879. 
Monsieur, 

Rien ne pouvait me faire plus de plaisir que 
d'apprendre votre admission a l'Ecole Polytech- 
nique. Voici le premier pas fait dans la vie de 
lutte et de travail. 

Courage et perseverance, et vous deviendrez 
un citoyen utile et cher k votre pays en le servant 
dans la mesure de vos forces, et je m'en r£jouirai, 
ayant pour vous, 

Monsieur, 

une amitie sincere et profonde. 

GUILLAUME REY. 

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LETTER TO A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS 
JUST PASSED HIS EXAMINATIONS 
SUCCESSFULLY. 

Paris, July 6, 1879. 
Dear Sir: 

Nothing could have given me more pleasure 
than to learn of your admission to the Ecole Poly- 
technique. This is the first step in your life of 
struggle and labor. 

Courage and perseverance, and you will, by 
serving your country to the full extent of your power, 
become a useful and estimable citizen; and I shall 
be delighted, for I feel a sincere and deep interest in 
your welfare. 

GUILLAUME REY. 

LETTRE DE FELICITATION A UNE PER- 

SONNE QUI VIENT D'OBTENIR 

UNE PLACE. 

Marseille, le 31 mars 1879. 
Mon cher Monsieur, 

J'apprends avecun vif plaisir que vous avez 
obtenu la place que vous sollicitiez. On vous a 

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enfin rendu justice, car mil n'est plus propre que 
vous a la remplir convenablement. A present, 
je suis persuade que vous n'en resterez point la 
et qu'avec le temps, apprecie par vos chefs, vous 
serez eleve a un emploi superieur. 

Recevez done, mon cher Monsieur, mes sin- 
ceres compliments, etc. 

JEAN-MARIE GAUDET. 



LETTER CONGRATULATING A PERSON 
WHO HAS JUST SECURED A SITUA- 
TION. 

Marseilles, March 31, 1879. 
My dear Sir: 

I learn with great pleasure that you have se- 
cured the situation for which you applied. Justice 
has at last been done you, for no one is better suited 
than you to fill it properly. I am convinced that 
you will not stop there, and that in time, appreci- 
ated by your chiefs, you will be promoted to a higher 
position. 

Accept, my dear Sir, my sincere regards, etc., 
JEAN-MARIE GAUDET. 



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DEMANDE D'UN BREVET D'INVENTION. 

Bordeaux, le 27 Janvier 1900. 
A son Excellence Monsieur le Ministre de 

Y Agriculture et du Commerce. 
Monsieur le Ministre, 

Je viens vous prier de vouloir bien m/ac- 

corder un brevet d' invention de cinq annees pour 

une machine que j'ai inventee . . . .Ci- joint les 

pieces necessaires pour Tobtention que je sollicite. 

J'ai l'honneur d'etre avec respect, 

Monsieur le Ministre, 
Votre tres-humble et tres-obeissant serviteur, 
THOMAS VERNAL. 

REQUEST FQR A PATENT. 

Bordeaux, January 27, 1900. 
His Excellency, 
The Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce. 
Dear Sir: 

I write to ask you to be kind enough to grant 
me a five year patent for a machine of my invention 
. . . . I enclose the documents called for by my 
application. 

Very respectfully yours, 

THOMAS VERNAL. 

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LETTRE D' ENCOURAGEMENT RELATIVE 
A UNE PERTE D'ARGENT. 

Paris, le Ier octobre 1878. 

J'ai appris avec bien du regret, mon cher 
Laforet, que vous etiez compris pour une forte 
somme dans la deconfiture de M. N . 

II est cruel, sans doute, d'etre atteint aussi 
gravement dans sa fortune. 

Mais je connais votre intelligence, votre 
courage et votre activite, en sorte que, profitant 
de T experience acquise par cette rude legon, vous 
aurez bientot repare votre perte. J'en ai la con- 
viction, et vous prie de T accepter comme motif de 
consolation de la part de votre meilleur ami. 
Je suis, en attendant de vos nouvelles, 

Votre devoue et afifectionne 

ren£ GROSBOIS. 

LETTER OF ENCOURAGEMENT RELA- 
TIVE TO A FINANCIAL LOSS. 

Paris, October 1, 1878. 
/ have learned with much regret, my dear 
Laforet, that you were involved for a large sum in 

Mr. N 's failure. 

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It is hard y no doubt, to have one's fortune 
so seriously impaired. But I know your intelli- 
gence, your courage, and your activity, by virtue of 
which — profiting by the experience acquired in this 
rough lesson — you will soon have retrieved your loss. 
I beg you to accept this assurance as an attempt at 
consolation on the part of your best friend. 

Waiting to hear from you, I am, 
Yours affectionately, 

RENE GROSBOIS. 

LETTRE POUR DEMANDER UNE RECOM- 
MANDATION. 

Hambourg, le 20 mai 1878. 
Monsieur, 

On m'a assure que vous etiez tres-lie avec 
M. N. : votre obligeance connue et surtout Tin- 
t£ret que vous avez paru me temoigner en plu- 
sieurs occasions, m'enhardissent a vous prier de 
me donner une lettre de recommandation aupres 
de ce monsieur. J'ai a lui demander un service 
important pour moi, et je suis convaincu que la 
consideration generale dont vous jouissez me 
vaudra un accueil favorable de sa part. 

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Dans Tespoir que vous voudrez bien m'ac- 
corder cette recommandation, 

j'ai Thonneur de vous saluer avec une par- 
faite consideration. 

CHARLES BOISOT. 



LETTER REQUESTING A RECOMMENDA- 
TION. 

Hamburg, May 20, 1878. 
Dear Sir: 

I have been informed that you are very intimate 
with Mr. N. : your well-known kindness and espec- 
ially the interest you have seemed to take in me on 
several occasions encourage me to beg you to give 
me a letter of recommendation to that gentleman. 
I have an important favor to ask of him , and I am 
convinced that the general consideration you enjoy 
will procure me a favorable reception from him. 

Hoping that you will kindly grant me this 
recommendation, I remain. 

Your very obedient servant, 

CHARLES BOISOT. 



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LETTRB A UN HOMME DE LOI, OU A UN 

AVOUE POUR LE CHARGER 

D'UNE AFFAIRE. 

Paris, le Ier juin 1901. 
Monsieur, 

I/excellente r6putation dont vous jouissez 
m'engage a m'adresser a vous, pour une affaire 
tres-importante pour moi. * * * 

Voulez-vous avoir la bonte, Monsieur, de 
vous charger de cette affaire? Dans ce cas, 
veuillez me dire quelles sont les pieces que je dois 
vous envoyer, et quelle est la forme k donner & 
la procuration qui vous est necessaire. Vous me 
ferez egalement connaitre la somme que je devrai 
ajouter a renvoi pour les premiers frais. 
Recevez, Monsieur, 

les assurances de ma parfaite consideration. 

E. AUBERT. 

LETTER TO A LAWYER OR AN AT- 
TORNEY, ENTRUSTING A CASE 
TO HIM. 

Paris, June 1st, 1901. 
Dear Sir: 

The excellent reputation you enjoy leads vie 
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to apply to you in a very important matter. * * * 

Will you be good enough to undertake this 
business? In that case, kindly tell me what docu- 
ments I should send you, and what form to give to 
the power of attorney necessary for you. Pray let 
me know also the sum that I should forward with 
these papers for the first expenses. 
Believe me Sir, 

Very sincerely yours, 

E. AUBERT. 

LETTRE D'AVIS D'UN ENVOI. 

Paris, le 15 decembre 1898. 
Monsieur, 

J'ai Thonneur de vous donner avis que j'ai 
remis hier au chemin de fer de Rouen (petite 
vitesse) les divers articles de votre demande, 
dont ci-jointe la facture montant h 256 fr. 60 c. 

Vous voudrez bien m'en faire passer le 
montant, apres reception, en une valeur sur Paris, 
sinon je disposerai de cette somme sur vous, sans 
autre avis, pour la fin du mois prochain. 

J'ai Thonneur de vous saluer. 

/. DESBOIS. 



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LETTER ADVISING OF A CONSIGNMENT. 

Paris, December 15, 1898. 
Dear Sir: 

I beg to advise you that I delivered yesterday 
to the Rouen Railroad (slow freight) the various 
articles as per your order, for which the enclosed 
invoice amounts to $51.32. 

Kindly forward me the amount on receipt by 
draft on Paris; if not, I shall draw on you for this 
sum, without further notice, by the end of next 
month. 

Faithfully yours, 

J. DESBOIS. 



DEMANDK DU REMBOURSEMENT D'UN 
PR&T D' ARGENT. 

Calcutta, le 15 aout 1873. 
Monsieur, 

Vous vous rappelez sans doute qu'& la fin 
du mois d'octobre 1872, vous vintes me prier de 
vous preter une somme de 300 francs que vous 
promites de me rendre k la fin de l'ann£e. Comme 

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j'avais cette comme disponible dans le moment, 
je vous la pretai avec plaisir. 

Je vous rappelle que Tepoque du rembourse- 
ment est passee. Cette spmme, sur laquelle 
j'avais compte, me fait faute en ce moment, en 
sorte que je me trouve gen6. Veuillez done avoir 
la complaisance de me Tapporter le plus tot qu'il 
vous sera possible. 

J'ai Thonneur de vous saluer. 

JEAN BAILLY. 



REQUEST FOR THE PA YMENT OF A LOAN 

Calcutta, August 15, 1873. 
Sir: 

You will recollect without doubt that at the end 
of the month of October, 1872, you came and asked 
me to lend you the sum of $60, which you promised 
to return by the end of the year. As I had that 
amount available at the time, I lent it to you with 
pleasure. 

I would remind you that the date of payment 
has gone by. I now need the sum, on which I had 
reckoned, so that I find myself embarrassed. Will 



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you have the kindness to let me have it at the earliest 
possible moment? 

Your obedient servant, 

JEAN BAILLY. 



AUTRE RECLAMATION DE PAIEMENT. 

Nantes, le 5 avril 1903. ' 
Monsieur, 

Je vous ai fait, le 8 octobre dernier, un envoi 
de marchandises, conformement a votre demande 
en date du 30 septembre. Cette facture se monte 
h la somme de 460 fr. 

Je vous ai ecrit plusieurs fois pour en de- 
mander le solde, et je n'ai regu aucune reponse. 

Je vous donne avis de ma disposition sur 
vous, pour la dite somme de 460 fr., en une traite 
a un mois de date. Veuillez en prendre bonne 
note et faire honneur a ma signature, pour eviter 
des frais qui retomberaient sur vous. 

J'ai Thonneur de vous saluer. 

TEAN DE PREAMENEUX. 



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ANOTHER REQUEST FOR PAYMENT. 

Nantes, April 5, 1903. 
Sir: 

I sent you a consignment of goods the 6th of 
last October, in accordance with your request under 
date of the 30th of September. This invoice amounts 
to $92. 

/ have written you several times to ask for settle- 
ment, and have received no reply. 

I give you notice that I shall draw on you for 
the said amount of $92 by draft payable in a month 
from date. Be good enough to attend to this matter 
and honor my signature, in order to avoid the 
charges which will be made against you. 
Your obedient servant, 

JEAN DE PREAMENEUX. 

RRPONSE.— DBMANDK D'UN DELAL 

Londres, le 18 fevrier 1904. 
Monsieur. 

Je conviens que je merite vos reproches; 
mais une perte considerable que j'ai eprouvee, 
il y a peu de temps, et le mauvais etat des affaires 

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commerciales m'ont mis dans une grande gene. 

Je viens vous proposer de vous payer la 
somme de quatre cent quatre-vingt-cinq francs 
cinquante centimes, plus les interets du retard, en 
cinq termes egaux: a raison de cent fr. par mois 
a partir de ce jour. 

Si vous acceptez ma proposition, j'en serai 
tres-reconnaissant, et je vous le prouverai par 
mon exactitude a remplir mon engagement. 

J'ai Thonneur de vous saluer avec considera- 
tion. 

M. LEFEVRE. 



REPLY.— REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION 
OF TIME. 

London, February 18, 1904. 
Dear Sir: 

I admit that I deserve your reproaches; but a 
considerable loss that I experienced a short time 
ago together with the poor condition of business has 
subjected me to great embarrassment. 

I write to propose that I pay you the sum of 
$97.10, plus the interest for the period of delay in 



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five equal instalments at the rate of $20 a month be- 
ginning with this day. 

If you accept my proposition, I shall be very 
grateful, and will prove it to you by my punctuality 
in fulfilling my engagement. 

Your obedient servant, 

M. LEFEVRE. 



62 



OCT 8 1906 



